About

About

"The studio is where I find myself and lose myself in the moment."

ARTIST BIO

Nerissa Balland is a visual artist who creates paintings and drawings in a variety of sizes and mixed media. She is extremely fascinated with the many levels of communication between the viewer and the piece, the artist and the work, and the artist to the viewer. In addition, Nerissa has been particularly interested in art as a means of communication throughout the various stages of her life.

Nerissa has had a strong desire to create since childhood. During her formal education, she fought to hold on to the innocence behind the creative process in order to maintain a balance of technique and “the unlearned.”

Extensively trained at Pratt Institute, Nerissa received a Master of Fine Arts in painting. She spent the last 18 years working in marketing, branding, and design. Currently, Nerissa works full-time as a Contemporary Artist in Miami and is a resident artist at Yo Space. Nerissa was selected to exhibit in 2018 Miami Art Week during Art Basel at The Art Center of Wynwood, she has been selected for several juried exhibitions at ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale and she was featured in Salaan Magazine and Voyage MIA.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My creative process is consistently evolving in order to maintain a balance of technique and “the unlearned.” Simultaneously, it unravels like an onion and taps into basic human desires for acceptance, love and protection. I often explore how these desires are defined. I’m fascinated and comforted by boundaries, finding the loopholes, and then breaking the rules.

While I use a variety of materials and processes in each series, my methodology is consistent. Although there may not always be material similarities between the different series, they are linked by recurring themes. The subject matter of each body of work drives my material selections and my approach.